The annual Music Award Holders’ Recital took place in Big School on Thursday 10 October. The audience of family, friends and staff enjoyed an eclectic programme which included Mozart, Rossini, Poulenc, Stevie Wonder, and songs from the West End.
In between the concerts, parents of scholars were invited to a buffet supper where they were able to meet members of the Music Department staff.
In his closing remarks, the Director of Music, Mr Paul Johnson-Hyde, thanked Staff Accompanist, Miss Gill Ford for helping pupils to prepare such polished performances.
Junior Music Award Holders
Third Form
- Sophia Pirrie (Je) (Violin): Marcia Op.44 (Rieding)
- Hattie Stephens (GH) (Drums): One by One (Lederman and Creed)
Middle Fourth
- Libby Chesser (R) (Flute): Spanish Dance from Seven European Salon Pieces Op. 437 (Popp)
- Stefano Di Rico (P) (Saxophone): I Got Rhythm (Gershwin arr. Strommen)
- Thomas Galanty (F) (Trumpet): Chanson Napolitaine, Op.39 No.18 (Tchaikovsky arr. Wallace & Miller)
- Lily Gartside (M) (Piano): Sérénade sur l’eau (Ibert)
- Anna Gillespie (R) (Flute): Sonata for Flute in G minor, BWV 1020, first movement: Allegro (attrib. CPE Bach)
- Ella Stephens (R) (Oboe): Air and Rondo for Oboe and Piano (Handel arr. Rothwell)
Upper Fourth
- Laura Galanty (W) (Flute): Nocturne from Deux Morceaux (Boulanger)
- Annabelle Harper (M) (Baritone): Bone Idyll (Mowat)
- James Harris (Rn) (Piano): Sonata in G, K.283, second movement: Andante (Mozart)
- Daniel Lodge (C) (Voice): Telly from Matilda (Minchin)
- Edward Marriott (C) (Saxophone): Vacances (Damase)
- Sophie Norman (Wh) (Drums): Five Days (Brock)
- Emily Worby (M) (Piano): Je Te Veux (Satie)
Senior Music Award Holders
Fifth Form
- George Bustard (Rn) (Piano): Prelude in B minor (Chopin)
- Solomon Ekoku (Fa) (Percussion): 20th Century (Osborn)
- Louis Russell (C) (Bass): I Wish (Wonder)
- Fraser Spalding (Fa) (Saxophone): Sax Polonaise (Alan Bullard)
- Olivia Stirling (R) (Voice): Home from Beauty and the Beast (Menken)
- Suzie Zu (W) (Clarinet): Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, third movement: Con brio (Horovitz)
Lower Sixth
- Thomas Bulmer (F) (Voice):All The Things You Are from Very Warm for May (Kern)
- Toby Lodge (C) (Cello): Tarantella Op.23 (Squire)
- James Macfarlane (Rn) (Trombone): Dances with Bears (Parker)
- Holly Payne (M) (Flute): Flute Sonata in E minor, HWV 359b, first and second movements: Grave & Allegro (Handel)
- Viktor Pullan (G) (Cello): Supplication from From Jewish Life (Bloch)
Upper Sixth
- Waleed Alzarooni (H) (Violin): Violin Concerto in C major Op.48, first movement: Allegro molto e con brio (Kabalevsky)
- Chiara Fahy-Spada (M) (Voice): It Was a Lover from Seven Shakespeare Songs (Dring)
- Max Fryer (Rn) (Voice): Largo al Factotum from The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
- Lily Moram (R) (Voice): She Used to Be Mine from Waitress (Bareilles)
- Jasmine Newby (Rv) (Flute): Sonata for Flute and Piano, first movement: Allegretto Malincolico (Poulenc)
- Thomas Stoney (Fa) (Piano): King for a Day (Brubeck)